Improvement in water-wheels



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Lette/rs Patent N o. 104,026, dated June 7,1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN' WATER-WHEELS.

The Schedule referred to :in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HAsLUP, of Sidney, in the county of Shelbyand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWater- Wheels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and to the and operation, referring to the annexeddrawings,y

in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section ofthe entire wheel completeFigure 2 is a horizontal section of the chutes; and

Figure 3 is a side view of the wheel.

A represents the wheel-case within which the wheel B revolves.

The case A is provided with a series of suitable openings through whichthe water passes into the wheel.

' Above and below' said 'openings are projecting auges a c, for thepurpose of inclosing the chutes.

The chutes C C, which are substantially united with upper and lowerflange plates or rims D D are flaring outwardly and contracting inwardlyuntil the water strikes the wheel, for the purpose of gaining force andpower. The rims D D are of such size as to iit around the wheel-case andbetween the flanges a a.

The foot of the' chutes C .C are so constructed and turned as to itneatly on the wheel-case, and form the wicket that opens'and closes theopenings in the wheel-ease by which the wheel is supplied with water.

A rack,-E, is secured to the upper rim D, and a pinion, G,`gearing'withsaid rack 0n top ofthe wheelease, allows the operator to close or open,or only partially open, the chutes, thus regulating the amount of waterto be supplied to the wheel.

The upper plate or lid vof the wheel-case is provided with a tube, H,through which the wheel-shaft I passes. f

On top of said tube H, and around the shaft, is placed a collar, J,having on its inner side three vertical recesses, in which are fittedblocks b I1, and said blocks, being pressed inward by means of screws (ll from the outside, thus forni a bushing to tram the wheel at pleasure,when necessary, without disturbing any other part ot' the wheel orcasing.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Ihe water-wheel B within the case A, said wheel v having a dome-formedeoueavity beneath, and a more superiicial depression above, and bucketsascending vertically about half their length, then curving rearward anddownward, as shown, in combination with the annular series of chutes O Cbetween the upper and lower plates D D, the said chutes aring invstraight lines outwardly, and fitting in segments so as to forni aregister with the intermediate gate, and moved by the pinion and ratchetE G, all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I my signature inpresence of two witnesses.- V

WM. HASLUP.

Titnessesz J. F. Fnoznu, H. B. BLAKE.

